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Opening your heart and home

Denise Connolly
Posted 3/4/21

To the editor:

Any loving owner of a four-footed family member could relate to June Donahue's column of February 26.

It's always heartbreaking when we have to say goodbye because of a …

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Opening your heart and home

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To the editor:

Any loving owner of a four-footed family member could relate to June Donahue's column of February 26.

It's always heartbreaking when we have to say goodbye because of a medical condition, but we never let our beloved pets suffer when the quality of life is gone.

I applaud Donahue for deciding to open her heart and home to another cat and so glad that she states she will make this cat an inside only one. Wandering cats are a menace to birds and other small creatures.

They also use your neighbor's gardens as a litter box. On the other hand, wandering cats are prey for hawks, eagles and other birds who will have your cat for dinner. Outside cats often end up dead on the road, hit by cars or grabbed and carried off by coyotes and foxes to feed their young. A very sad ending for someone's cat. It's a dangerous world out there.

Inside only cats live much longer and healthier lives. You know where they are, you know what they are eating. Set up a nice window perch for indoor cats and they are happy to see the outside world safely.

My two spoiled Persians are now almost fourteen and fifteen years old. Domino and Coco Chanel go outside ONLY in a double pet stroller, safe and secure. They enjoy the front porch or a push around our property during spring and summer.

All the birds, chipmunks and the frogs around my koi pond that visit my certified Wildlife Habitat property are safer without wandering cats nearby.

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